Coal mining played an important part in the early history of the Boone area. Local blacksmiths were already mining coal from the banks of Honey Creek south of what became Boone in 1849.
Boone was platted as a town in 1865 by John Insley Blair. It was incorporated the following year, when the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company railroad station was built there. The town was originally named "Montana"; it was renamed to Boone in 1871. The nearby town of Boonesboro was also chartered in 1866; Boonseboro was annexed to Boone in 1887.
In the latter half of the 20th century, Iowa's agricultural economy made the transition to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, information technology, biotechnology, and green energy production. Iowa is the 26th most extensive in land area and the 30th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Des Moines. Iowa has been listed as one of the safest states in which to live. Its nickname is the Hawkeye State.
With the Missouria and the Otoe, the Ioway are the Chiwere-speaking peoples, claiming the Ho-Chunks as their "grandfathers." Their estimated population of 1,100 (in 1760) dropped to 800 (in 1804), a decrease caused mainly by smallpox, to which they had no natural immunity.
Their name has been said to come from ayuhwa ("asleep"). Early European explorers often adopted the names of tribes from the ethnonyms which other tribes gave them, not understanding that these differed from what the peoples called themselves. Thus, ayuhwa is not an Ioway word. The word Ioway comes from Dakotan ayuxbe via French aiouez. Their autonym (their name for themselves) is Báxoje, pronounced [b̥aꜜxodʒɛ] (alternate spellings: pahotcha, pahucha,), which translates to "grey snow". Báxoje has been incorrectly translated as "dusted faces" or "dusty nose", since the Ioway words use different consonants.
The SteamboatIowa was revered as one of the largest and fastest boats on the Mississippi in the mid 19th century; it is incorporated into the official Seal of Iowa. Built in 1838, the Iowa was the first vessel named for the newly formed Territory of Iowa. It weighed 112 tons, could pull 10 keelboats, and it set the speed record from Galena, Illinois to St. Louis in 1843, making the trip in 44 hours, a record that held until 1849.
The Iowa was hired by Mormon supporters of Joseph Smith, Jr. as part of a plan to rescue him from jail in June 1843; the excursion was cancelled after Smith was murdered in jail.
The Iowa sunk after a collision with the steamboat Declaration on Oct. 1, 1847 while traveling from New Orleans to St. Louis. This liability for this collision was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court case John Walsh v. Patrick Rogers (54 U.S. 283- 1852). However, the Iowa was apparently rebuilt, or a new steamboat was later rechristened Iowa, since similar side-wheeler appeared twice in Barber and Howe's 1865 Loyal West in the Time of Rebellion, and there is reference to the Iowa being used as a troop transport during the Civil War.
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Boone and Scenic Valley train ride Boone, Iowa
Who knew Iowa could be so green? Looking much like Virginia, the normally flat plains of Iowa give way to some amazing scenery as we pass through the country side. The locomotive pulling the train is a 1942, EMD, NW2, which has a horn sounding very similar to the one used in the movie "Runaway Train". This railroad does own a rare steam locomotive imported from China. With some luck we should see that locomotive operational in 2021. Filmed in 2018. More information can be found here https://bsvrr.com/wp/
Who knew Iowa could be so green? Looking much like Virginia, the normally flat plains of Iowa give way to some amazing scenery as we pass through the country si...
Who knew Iowa could be so green? Looking much like Virginia, the normally flat plains of Iowa give way to some amazing scenery as we pass through the country side. The locomotive pulling the train is a 1942, EMD, NW2, which has a horn sounding very similar to the one used in the movie "Runaway Train". This railroad does own a rare steam locomotive imported from China. With some luck we should see that locomotive operational in 2021. Filmed in 2018. More information can be found here https://bsvrr.com/wp/
Who knew Iowa could be so green? Looking much like Virginia, the normally flat plains of Iowa give way to some amazing scenery as we pass through the country side. The locomotive pulling the train is a 1942, EMD, NW2, which has a horn sounding very similar to the one used in the movie "Runaway Train". This railroad does own a rare steam locomotive imported from China. With some luck we should see that locomotive operational in 2021. Filmed in 2018. More information can be found here https://bsvrr.com/wp/
Who knew Iowa could be so green? Looking much like Virginia, the normally flat plains of Iowa give way to some amazing scenery as we pass through the country side. The locomotive pulling the train is a 1942, EMD, NW2, which has a horn sounding very similar to the one used in the movie "Runaway Train". This railroad does own a rare steam locomotive imported from China. With some luck we should see that locomotive operational in 2021. Filmed in 2018. More information can be found here https://bsvrr.com/wp/
Coal mining played an important part in the early history of the Boone area. Local blacksmiths were already mining coal from the banks of Honey Creek south of what became Boone in 1849.
Boone was platted as a town in 1865 by John Insley Blair. It was incorporated the following year, when the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company railroad station was built there. The town was originally named "Montana"; it was renamed to Boone in 1871. The nearby town of Boonesboro was also chartered in 1866; Boonseboro was annexed to Boone in 1887.
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